Diario de happybird44

Today is the 14th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Brief look around Bushy Ruff Park again. Saw a large wasp feeding, a butterfly, a damselfly (not photographed), and some more usual insects. I observed my first Spittlebug and saw a Ground Hopper that looked like it was wearing armour.

New species I saw today;

• yet to be ID'd Spittlebug
• yet to be ID'd Ground Hopper, Genus Tetrix
• German Yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) AKA German Wasp (English)
• Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) AKA common bird's-foot trefoil (English)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-14&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 13th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

No walk today, just a few insects from the back yard.

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-13&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 12th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Brief look around Bushy Ruff Park.

New species I saw today;

• Centipede (genus)
• Black Medick (Medicago lupulina)
• Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
• Common Marble (Syricoris lacunana)
• Common Nettle-Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-12&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 11th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Walked today from Limehouse Basin, along Regent's Canal following the Jubilee Greenway to Mile End Park, then continued along the canal until reaching Mile End station. I saw the usual coots, moorhens and geese along the canal, but was really amazed by the number and variety of plants along the towpath. Sadly also saw one dead rat (probably poisoned).

New species I saw today;

• Mile End Jumping Spider (Macaroeris nidicolens)
• Tall Nightshade (Solanum chenopodioides)
• Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris)
• Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella damascena)
• Slender Thistle (Carduus tenuiflorus)
• Common Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
• Viper's-Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
• Annual Wall-Rocket (Diplotaxis muralis)
• Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)
• Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)
• Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-11&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 10th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A complete walk of the perimeter of Millwall Dock today. Some waterbirds, but almost no insects.

New species I saw today;

• Narrow-leaved Ragwort (Senecio inaequidens)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-10&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 9th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Another urban walk today around Hackney, this time to Victoria Park. Very few insects today, but saw some Parakeets, damselflies and lots of young waterbirds.

New species I saw today;

• Common European Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia sericata) AKA Sheep-strike Greenbottle Fly
• Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
• Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Black Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) AKA Common Knapweed (English)
• Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-09&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 8th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

An urban walk today around Hackney, dwelling mostly in Haggerston Park. Lots of insects on plants to be seen and even a rat.

New species I saw today;

• Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris)
• Roesel's Bush-Cricket (Roeseliana roeselii)
• Deraeocoris flavilinea
• Shaggy Parasol (Chlorophyllum brunneum) AKA Brown Parasol
• Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)
• Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
• Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
• Eurasian Drone Fly (Eristalis arbustorum)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-08&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 7th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Unfortunately no time today for a walk, but did spot two new insects in passing.

New species I saw today;

• Golden-bloomed Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)
• Welsh Chafer (Hoplia philanthus)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-07&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 6th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

A short walk around the beautiful Bushy Ruff park today. Spotted many insects on bushes and plants surrounding the lake. Saw a lovely Flower Crab Spider on a Bramble flower. Still lots of Flower Beetles, Ladybirds and other spiders.

New species I saw today;

• Blue Water-Speedwell (Veronica anagallis-aquatica)
• Pellucid Hover Fly (Volucella pellucens)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-06&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)

Today is the 5th day of #30DaysWild! Annual challenge from the UK Wildlife Trusts.

Pressed for time today, moving furniture and driving back home. The short walk was from Tower of London, through St Katherine Docks to Wapping. Passing by the Tower there was one small area off the path that had a lot of Ladybird larva and pupa. No waterbirds around the Docks. In Wapping by the canal the Cygnets were a little bigger and their Father was being very protective driving away dogs and ducks. The flowers still had many bees and butterflies. And the Collared dove was still on it's nest.

New species I saw today;

• Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)

(a full list of everything I saw can be found here; https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?on=2024-06-05&place_id=any&user_id=happybird44&verifiable=any)